William "Burton" Benson

1892 - 1980  (87 years)

• Name	William "Burton" Benson  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9]
  Nickname	Burton
  Born	17 Aug 1892	Fifield, Marion, Iowa, United States   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1 Jun 1900	Knoxville, Marion, Iowa, United States   [3]
  	909 Pleasant Street
  	He appeared on the census at this address. Role: Resident
  Residence	15 Apr 1910	Kirksville, Adair, Missouri, United States   [1]
  	1016 S. Haliburton
  	He appeared on the census at this address. Role: Resident
  Correspondence	12 Apr 1915	Kirksville, Adair, Missouri, United States   [11]
  	1003 So. Halliburton St.
  Relocation	Nov 1917	Garden City, Finney, Kansas, United States
  	From Kirksville, MO
  Occupation	1 Jan 1920	Garden City, Finney, Kansas, United States   [4]
  	Railroad traffic manager
  Residence	1 Jan 1920	Garden City, Finney, Kansas, United States   [4]
  	606 Ninth Street
  Occupation	1 Mar 1925	Garden City, Finney, Kansas, United States   [5]
  	Railroad traffic manager
  Residence	1 Mar 1925	Garden City, Finney, Kansas, United States   [5]
  	727 No. 8th
  Occupation	1 Apr 1930	Garden City, Finney, Kansas, United States   [6]
  	Steam railroad traffic manager
  Residence	1 Apr 1930	Garden City, Finney, Kansas, United States   [6]
  	602 Eleventh (in rear)
  Residence	1 Apr 1935	Garden City, Finney, Kansas, United States   [7]
  	407 Elm Street
  Occupation	1 Apr 1940	Garden City, Finney, Kansas, United States   [7]
  	Railroad traffic manager
  Residence	1 Apr 1940	Garden City, Finney, Kansas, United States   [7]
  	407 Elm Street
  Died	7 Jun 1980	Deer River Hospital, Deer River, Itasca, Minnesota, United States   [2, 8, 9]
  Buried	10 Jun 1980	Greenwood Cemetery, Jessie Lake, Itasca, Minnesota, United States   [2, 8, 9]
  	Address: Greenwood Cemetery Jessie Lake, Minnesota USA
  		William Burton Benson-Marguerite (Mathews) Benson Grave Marker.jpg
  Obituary	12 Jun 1980  [12]
  Talmoon man died June 7, 1980 William Burton Benson, 87, Talmoon, MN died June 7, 1980 at Community Memorial Hospital, Deer River. Funeral services were June 10 at Jessie Lake Baptist Church at 3 p.m.. Rev. Otis Reed officiated. Interment was in the Greenwood Cemetery. Benson is survivied by his wife, Marguerite; two brothers: Verlan and Don of Talmoon; two sisters: Mrs. Edison (Catherine) Umstot of Jacksonville, FL and Mrs. Ben (Edna) Baker of Talmoon. Benson was born Aug 17, 1892 in Fifield, IA and lived in Harvey and Knoxville, IA. In 1907 his family moved to Kirksville, MO where he attended schoool. In 1917 he moved to Garden City, KS and the following year he married Marguerite Matthews. Benson was traffice manager for the Garden City Western Railway Co. for 41 years. He was a member of the Kirksville Municipal Band, the founer of the first troop of Boy Scouts in Garden City, a member of the Tryrian Masonic Lodge, a deacon of the first Baptist Churh and was a member of the Jessie Lake Baptist church since 1958, the year he and his wife retired and moved to thier lake home on Little Turtle Lake near Talmmon.
  Family Search ID	KHWP-LT6
  Family Search Link	https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/KHWP-LT6
  Person ID	I120	Dale's Tree
  Last Modified	30 Dec 2018

  
  

  Father	William Omrah "W.O." Benson,   b. 6 Mar 1869, Knoxville, Marion, Iowa, United States ,   d. 8 Mar 1953, Bigfork, Itasca, Minnesota, United States  (Age 84 years)
  Mother	Laura Alice Bushey,   b. 1 Nov 1871, Greentop, Schuyler, Missouri, United States ,   d. 28 Jul 1959, Moose Lake, Carlton, Minnesota, United States  (Age 87 years)
  Married	1 Oct 1891	Knoxville, Marion, Iowa, United States   [13, 14]
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  Residence	Apr 1930	Jessie Lake Township, Itasca, Minnesota, United States   [15]
  	SE 1/4 of NE 1/4, Lot 3, Section 24
  Family ID	F16	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Marguerite Hope Matthews,   b. 1 Apr 1895, Nevada, Vernon, Missouri, United States ,   d. 2 Apr 1988, St. Catherines Hospital, Garden City, Finney, Kansas, United States  (Age 93 years)
  Married	3 Jul 1918	Dodge City, Ford, Kansas, United States   [16]
  Last Modified	21 Jan 2018
  Family ID	F48	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  		Born - 17 Aug 1892 - Fifield, Marion, Iowa, United States Residence - 909 Pleasant Street - 1 Jun 1900 - Knoxville, Marion, Iowa, United States Residence - 1016 S. Haliburton - 15 Apr 1910 - Kirksville, Adair, Missouri, United States Correspondence - 1003 So. Halliburton St. - 12 Apr 1915 - Kirksville, Adair, Missouri, United States Relocation - From Kirksville, MO - Nov 1917 - Garden City, Finney, Kansas, United States Married - 3 Jul 1918 - Dodge City, Ford, Kansas, United States Occupation - Railroad traffic manager - 1 Jan 1920 - Garden City, Finney, Kansas, United States Residence - 606 Ninth Street - 1 Jan 1920 - Garden City, Finney, Kansas, United States Occupation - Railroad traffic manager - 1 Mar 1925 - Garden City, Finney, Kansas, United States Residence - 727 No. 8th - 1 Mar 1925 - Garden City, Finney, Kansas, United States Occupation - Steam railroad traffic manager - 1 Apr 1930 - Garden City, Finney, Kansas, United States Residence - 602 Eleventh (in rear) - 1 Apr 1930 - Garden City, Finney, Kansas, United States Residence - 407 Elm Street - 1 Apr 1935 - Garden City, Finney, Kansas, United States Occupation - Railroad traffic manager - 1 Apr 1940 - Garden City, Finney, Kansas, United States Residence - 407 Elm Street - 1 Apr 1940 - Garden City, Finney, Kansas, United States Died - 7 Jun 1980 - Deer River Hospital, Deer River, Itasca, Minnesota, United States Buried - Address: Greenwood Cemetery Jessie Lake, Minnesota USA - 10 Jun 1980 - Greenwood Cemetery, Jessie Lake, Itasca, Minnesota, United States  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

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  Burton Benson Aug 17, 1892 - Jun 7, 1980

  
  

  External Links

  William "Burton" Benson Slideshow Viewable on flickr by accounts identified as Family.

  
  

• Sources

  [S216] Census - MO, Adair - 1910 Fed, Missouri, Adair, (www.ancestry.com: National Archives and Records Administration, 2006), T624, Kirksville, enumeration district (ED) 8, sheet 14A, p. 87, dwelling 289, family 320, William O. Benson, accessed 2 Nov 2008 (Reliability: 2), 2 Jan 2009. [S321] Cemeteries - MN, Itasca - Greenwood Cemetery Grave Markers, Greenwood Cemetery (Itasca, Minnesota), William Burton and Marguerite Benson marker, personally read and photographed, May 2008. (Reliability: 4), 4 Jun 2009. [S220] Census - IA, Marion - 1900 Fed, Iowa, Marion, (www.ancestry com: National Archives and Records Administration, 2004), T623, roll 477, Knoxvillle, enumeration district (ED) 45, p. 3B, dwelling 66, family 67, William O. Benson, accessed 25 Nov 2012 (Reliability: 2), 25 Nov 2012. [S515] Census - KS, Finney - 1920 Fed, Kansas, Finney, (National Archives and Records Administration, 2010), T625, roll T625, Garden City, enumeration district (ED) 45, p. 15A, dwelling 344, family 348, William W. Matthews, accessed 25 Nov 2012 (Reliability: 2), 25 Nov 2012. [S516] Census - KS, Finney - 1925 State, Kansas, Finney, (Digital images. Ancestry.com. 2009), Garden City, p. 18, family 448, line 29, W.B. Benson; (accessed 25 Nov 2012); citing Kansas State Historical Society (Reliability: 2), 25 Nov 2012. [S517] Census - KS, Finney - 1930 Fed, Kansas, Finney, (National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), T626, roll 707, Garden City, enumeration district (ED) 3, p. 5A, dwelling 97, family 121, William B. Benson, accessed 25 Nov 2012 (Reliability: 2), 25 Nov 2012. [S518] Census - KS, Finney - 1940 Fed, Kansas, Finney, (National Archives and Records Administration, 2012), T627, roll T627, Garden City, enumeration district (ED) 28-4, p. 13A, household 323, William B. Benson, accessed 25 Nov 2012 (Reliability: 2), 25 Nov 2012. [S387] Artifacts - Funeral Card, Memorial Card (Reliability: 3), 9 Dec 2013. [S534] Newspapers - MN, Itasca - Herald Review, Minnesota. Grand Rapids., "Talmoon Man Died June 7," 12 Jun 1980, p. 8. (Reliability: 3). [S264] Birth Records - IA, Marion, Iowa. Marion., Book 4B, 1886-1894, 188, #300, Joseph S. [William Burton] Benson. (Reliability: 2), 7 Mar 2009. [S742] Letters - Old Cards, Letters and Other Correspondence, "Letter from Ethel Benson to Burton Benson," 12 Apr 1915; Letter (Reliability: 2). [S73] Book - BENSON - Phylis Stephen's Book, Phyllis (Benson) Stephens, (N.p.: self published, n.d.), 31. (Reliability: 2), 16 Jan 2018. [S315] Marriage Records - IA, Marion - Marriage Records, Iowa. Marion., marriage certificate, 6: 502, Benson-Bushey, 1891. (Reliability: 3), 24 Jan 2013. [S565] Artifacts - Benson, Laura (Bushey), Benson, Laura, Undated notes - Bushey family history (Reliability: 2), 29 Dec 2013. Pages written (I believe) by Laura to notate marriage, birth and death dates of her family members. Date unknown. [S236] Census - MN, Itasca - 1930 Fed, Minnesota, Itasca, (www.ancestry.com: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), T626, roll 1102, Jessie Lake Township, enumeration district (ED) 33, sheet 3A, p. 168 (stamped), dwelling 50, family 51, W.O. Benson, accessed 21 Jan 2018 (Reliability: 2), 2 Jan 2009. [S485] Newspapers - MN, Itasca - Unknown Publisher, Minnesota. Itasca County., "Bensons honored on their sixtieth wedding anniversary". (Reliability: 3), 11 Dec 2013.